Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: nish
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

British usage; Slang

noun

Clipping of Anishinaabe/Nishnaabe.

Informal; Uncountable

name

Alternative form of Niš, Serbia.

Example Sentences

"If you like the director you do it for nish, so Marcus Thompson got us all to do it for nothing."
"I've got nish to say to you. You can save your breath."
"These fucking little smart arses download fucking tunes for nish."
"From Belgrade the train is hauled by a 2-10-0, and makes good time through undulating country, with vineyards and herds of woolly pigs, over single line to Nish, where the Sofia and Istanbul portion, including through coaches (until recently) from Prague to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is detached."

Etymology

Borrowed from Polari, originally from German nichts (“nothing”) or Yiddish נישט (nisht, “no, not”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: nichts, נישט

Usage

Rhymes With

wish fish dish punish ish jew-ish swish squish radish bish tish delish

Questions

What does nish mean?: Nothing.
Where does nish come from?: It is traced to German.

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